nɪk noun Slang.
a persistently dull, boring pest.
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| informal (US) an annoying or boring person | |
| [C20: from Yiddish nudyen to bore + | |
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Nudnik
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
nudnik
1947, from Yiddish, with agential suffix -nik (q.v.) + Pol. nuda "boredom" or Rus. nudnyi "tedious, boring," from O.C.S. *nauda-, from PIE *neuti- "need" from root *nau- "death, to be exhausted" (see need).
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nudnik definition[ˈnʊdnɪk]
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